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STcu! Mork cfributie*****liri |v I ..I ?th.- Irnlh: \e? ?Kditorials?Xd.ertiaemenl4 I' ? - . ' ' ?WEDNESDAY, \o\ l.MHl'K XI, l>*1...-.- ?B1DI ..I' '?'M.4\ lOaMt.a?1 '' ' '.-i - ? .? ' ! T",K. .. ,,.,,-.. VI . ira * J*? ^'?""J***** ********'" '. noi-lAirn PBSafl. ? ' '., | k, It or we? ; '.... aafltts* h-ram ar*? ? _____??=Venicewith flamc and IWOfd,ng hordeUpon v oin.torckcfl matcked from Louvain'spyrcTb? Hun procla ns 1 ' ',c0 desirc,p?in.-plendcnt. falr,- n oaarblfld bonaty tke-ro,? ; her .-.hamcful fate,\V hopflfl tO move bf beauty's plea'..ind that scarrcd her spouse, thcSoa,Witli murder, stcalth and hatc.iicforc thc onslaupht of thc HunO'd landmarks crumble, one by one.w . m bl??!? are barcd.'Ihe treasurcd tokon.- fll man's art,.'y altar- i bfl*M.Nattfkt beautiful is tparcd.Moit penius trucklc thus to mipht?ity vaniflfa from man's sight?Doea Earth tOOta backward then?N'ot whiio thfl phuu-'s move to laws,Not while then- lives a primal Cause;No: Nci wfcilfl faith brceds men!When Winter rushes from his lairHii rstUen b'.asts may rend and tcarTkfl Moaaon on the hill;Rot that H_M ? taik shall breast the snowTi!I Summer .uns again shall showThat God loves beauty still.The Hun may kill, thc Hun may renS,ttk sparc of power will end;The world will pass him by.Ar.d from thc a.-hes v.hcnce he fliesNew hopes. nm\' monuments ehall riseWhere Faith shall see through ValoriseyesThat beautv cannot die.Bl ANLEY J. QTTNN.Settling Downr i.e __ifl in British politics has foi- ilowod the course of most previous crisesof this sort. There is always a close reIflmMinro between a political crisis inbritish public life ar.d the old "threedecker" novel that Mr. Kiplinp celebrates.Whatevtr kappen In the early and middlec-.apterr, the last chapter invariably sees-- erythins- amicably settled, without casualties and with little survivinp bitternesa.Mr. Lloyd Geonrc has faced his critics.He has met the enemy and once more theyare his.Probably the main explanation of Mr.1 oy*J tie' rpe's success will be found inlh*j fact tbat the House of Commons thatheard him heard Mr. Asquith also. andrcalizcd that for the time beinp, at least,uf rr condemned to choose betweentwo men. British domestie politicsi-. not a matter of concern for America.Yet it ifl wwTtk remarkir.p that a returni ' Mr. Aaquitk to power would have aboutthe same coi.notation for the Americanpublic that the return of Mr. Bryan to?av- Dl i-artment would have for thetbe Bntish I '?| Gn Britain and in France Cabinett boOB t-ettled in a fashion whichlo the American mind an evidence-.?"?ted determination to continue thewar and of prowinp appreciation of theUith of preater effort at home andt. more COB :>erati.>n abroad. Thej ropramme whi.h Mr. Lloyd (ieorpe laiddflflja in Jhe celebrated Paris speech?i came very near beinp notorious ?has been ir.dorsed by M. Clemenceau andlollows the lines indicated by Presidentn'B mes-ape to Mr. Hotise. We are: to have home kind of pcttinp to'/??thor of the jreneral ataffs of the nationsat war. We are poinp to have some Und' ' rr.utual cooperati-.n in thfl makinp ofplans, and in advance of campaipns weare poinp U have flfl apreement as towhere the mam effort bhall be made.More than thi- it is quite unlikely thatwa ahall pet in the prerent war. Evenwhen a coalition had a aupreme peneral,?s in the case of Marlborouph, the nations**hoae armie*. he commanded in the fielddevoted a larpe part of their enerj-y tohamperirip him and transforminp hiatriamph:* iriV> moderate?'? :1! pretend that this war haa. ? . th" A!lie,l rn'.f pr?xitjred a fijrure.vmparahle uith Marlborouph. A' tr.e-? . ' .'? tain is th?- nvapicuout aolditi t/ri the *\\\wl bidt, andPctam's achievcments have been either ontiie defensive or in wholly localizcd attack.It il idle to suppose that the French willeonoont to put theiv armies defendinp theirown soil under the supreme command of .an Italian. an Englishman or even anAmerican. and it is wholly impossible that?tny American offlcer should be permittedto take up such a burden of responsibility.lt is equally unlikely that the British. withpreat perils outside of Europe, will surrender complete control of all their armiesto a Frenchman or an Italian. As forItaly, now invaded, her course is elear.A preat deal of cooperation and coordi?nation are possible. Certain things aretapooflible. The Centra! Alliance is not acoalition of equals. It il a combination offour nations. three of which are entirelysubordinate to the fourth, whose militaryestablishment dominates the alliance andwithout whose aid the other three nationswould fall within a week. We are notpoinp to have any such situation in thealliance apainst Germany, just as therewas no such situation in the cases of thcalliances apainst Louis XIV and apainstNapoleon.It is elear that the Allied publics noware bepinninp to settle down apain to themain business in hand. The first apprcbension and thc first agitation due to adefeat of considerable proportions, butin ;t subordinate field, have passed away.Men aro bepinnine: to perccivo that thewar cannot be lost in Italy, precisely nsthe Germans have always seen and saidlhat it could not be won either in Italy orin thc Balkans. There ia a prowinp realization apain of the stern duty ahead, thepreat sacrificcs that have yet to be made.and a readincss to make tne sacrificesand bear the burdens.The present crisis resembles that of ayear apo, when Rumania was beaten.Then the Germans used their succe3ses onthe Danube to cover their failure on tbeSommc. Now they are att^mptinp to usetheir successes on thc Isonzo to counterbalance their defeats on the Lys. Theyhave made a determined effort to breakthe nerve of the alliance apainst them,but the maximum of their success is comprehended in the temporary upheavalproduced in Allied cabinet? and councils.Let us be perfectly elear in the UnitedStates. Let us make it perfectly elearin Europe that wc have no desire or intention to seize control either of the mili?tary or of the naval conduct of the war.Wre have neither the penerals, the experi?ence nor the establishments to warrant usto make such a venture, and there is no,demand in this country in that direction.Our desire to see better coordinationand cooperation has been expressed andhas been heard. Now we are cominp toa time when we must let the new machinery work. We must settle down to re-^newed effort and restricted cunversation.The Russian Republic has died of talk.The Allied cause has suffered not a littlein recent days by reason of the excess oflanpuape, the less time we waste now overa good example by restricting his firstpronunciamento to five hundred words.Since Germany will not be conquered bylanpuape, the less timewe waste now overit the better.Germany'fl ^Eathetic Conqueat*Rodin was once described by a Germanconnoisseur as einea dec u-vndenvertestenResidtate der rnodernni Pariser Kultur.but that was before the doctrine of panGerman a-sthetics had been thorouphlydrummed into the head= of the unofflcialcritic?. Else it would be difficult indeedto aceount for the unanimity with whichthey join in praisinp him to-day, for whatcould Rodin be but the very type of corruption, the immortal imape of what acelebrated German divine calls "the strumpet of tho nations'".'The paradox is explained by the newconception of German responsibility forall that is worthy in human achievement.You may talk of the Kultur of Paris, butthere can be no Kultur of any importancethat is not German. Hence, if you lovenny pood thing that comes out of Parisyou must needs love the Kultur that isGermany, and it follows that you mustlove Prussia. for as the profound HerrChamberlain has well said, "a foreignerwho professes to love a Germany withouti Prussia is either an ass or a ropue.""Rodin," says one of the (ierman obituarists, "like Shakespeare and Michelanpelo, belonps to us Germans, for ourclaim upon every art creator is one we1 will never allow anybody to question." ItI is no fault of Germany's if this is not yotclearly understood by other nations, foril has been patiently explained to themover and over apain, both before tho warand since. "Is the noble hand of i hake-peare fiphtinp apainst us?" asked HerrOscar Schmitz in the early days of thcrtrupple. "Not at all; for Shakespearewe have lonp conquered. He has lonpbeen more a German than an Knplishpoet."The claim on Michelanpelo and Rodin isI no lesa rlcar and rcasonable. Prussia isI out for a place in the sun, and what natj ure han not pranted must be taken, evenas Shakespeare was taken. Your modernPrussian has an insatiable thirst for art;bfl is the. most industriou.it rollector onearth, the most painstakinp Htudent ofpaintinp and aculpture, the moat eajrerirnitator of all the newwit faahions. Oaly,unfortunately, tbe podn have denied him: fltotor'l ffft, and his laborious efforts. io atulpture end in au'-h diatreaaing resuits as the Siegesallee. He is obliged,therefore, to look abroad, and who canblame him for fastening on Rodin as Maown?When the Prussian econoniist ProfessorWerner Sombart says "No nation (U ghreur, anything in art that we could r.oteasily dispense with," ho means of COOraflthat no nation can give what Germany hasalready won by the monopoly of thevorld's art.The End of a FarceThe government has at last waked upto the need of aoding the farce of enemyalien immunity. The President's procla?mation of last spring exehldillg Germansubjects from specitied war zones andafeasof military activity was good enoughas far as it went. But Itl enforcementwas a joke. It was Ieft to cnforce itself.And German enemy aliens are the lastpeople in the world to react in imagination to that sort of law enforcement.We gave notice that we expacted Ger?man s-ubjects here to be prudent in theirbehavior and exemplary in their daily walland conduct. Wc told them what not todo, and then trusted t<> their good intentions and sense of propriety to restrainthem from doing it. That showed <r>mplete ignorance of German psychology.Tho oniy restraint which a German of today recogni7.es is the restraint of force.The government warned aliens to keep outof the zones and roservation | ereatcd ipythe President's proclamation. But havinga not unreasonable suspicion that theywouldn't keep out, it offered to [flflUe entrance, permits to all who cared '<> applyfor them. Most of the intmdeneven take the trouble to aak for paThey went in and out, of the closad H>ne_;:t will, and practically all the governmenthai <:one for months paat has baan 1" winkat their defiance of its authority.The execution of the proclamation inthis city was loft to l'nited States marrhals who had no force at their commandto keep the barred district.* clear. T i police those districts prope-ly would requiremany regiments of -oldiers. The mar.-lia!"had only a handfu! of civilian deputies.The Germans knew thi- andcontamplly made the barred SOnc edict a dead lettcr. The feeling of most of them waa illustrated l>y the action of one in MarshalMcCarthy's oflice the other day. Accord?ing to a report in "The New Vork Times,"5 German taxicab driver, becomilnoyed at the failure of the marshal to gethim a job, impudently pulled out Mland tore it up. saying: "Ju.-t to show youthat I don't care anything about this oldenemy alien pass. I am going to tenr it upright now."It is time to put all auch Germans undermilitary guard. We shall have to COBMsooner or later to the poiicy of generalinternment. The Administration is notwilling to. go that far just now. Bnew order is a step in the right diroWe hope. that it will not break down, aithe first order did, from lack of genuinecompulsion behind it. The barred zonesmust be policed hy soldiers if (iermanpubjects aro to be kept out of them. Themoral suasion method has been an absolute failure. Employers doing government.work still employ enemy aliens; thou*sand.-i of them still have BCCaU t'i thewaterfront and thooaanda of them arestill er.gaged in espionage and sabotage.The more stringent regulations aim at acompleler control of our (in-my population. Put that control can be aaauredonly through the employment of largebodiea of troops in this city and in ?other centre in which enemy aliens havecongregated and military work ia Icarried on.Another thing. Ei pionage, in ??-. m and aabotage cannot be atopped untilenemy ally aliens are treated on the samebasil as the Germans. Au-trians herehave all along codperated with Germanain plotting the destruction of ihi]munitions plants ami food stores and lncollecting information for the nie of theenemy. They pay no attention to Umdiplomatic fiction under which peace re?lations are still auppooed to be manifeatedbetween the United States and AuatriaHungary. That liction inure< to theirl*?nefit. It gives them a freer hand to en?gage in hostile cnterprises here. They erefor it to that extent. Hut it doe-n'i ad as_ bar on their enemy activities.The government will soon have to lumpall enemy aliens together Au-trians.Hungarians, Hulgarian^ and Turks. BJwell as Germana?-and treat them withoqual rigor. Every week bringl itl recordof new losses due to our goas-you-plcasepoiicy of leniency. It il time to turn anew page?to deciare war 00 all our act?ual enemies and to put their nationalshere into internment camps. At large.they will always furnish a DUCleiM foiconspiracy and be a menace to our pro*gramme of military preparation.Graiters and the Charity FieldIt is inevitable under exi ting circum?tances that clever sharpcr- thould fromtime to time take advantage of the public's sympathy and generoaity by aoliciting "war relief" funds under varioUlj-uises. promptly pocketing the moneyt! us collected. It is probably impoeaibleto prevent the holding of fairs. ba/.aarand the like hy well meaning hut. Inexperiencod individual.- who are able becaueeuf high or improper cxpeneea to turn overanything hut a small percentage (rf the rer-eipta to charity or relief work. However.this conditon, unfortunate ns it i~. cannnd nhould be minimized. The policfl andthe prosecutor can get after the actual.-windlcrs. In the revival of the OTOpO edordinance for the licerming and control ofbaxaai promotcrs anri managers there liei?ome chance of checking the wasteful orimproper tpending Of money to raisemoney- a process which leldom net any??um worth mention for the nei-d\.The town is flooded with Mllciton forchanties and relief work, gorxi, had andmdifferent. A rolored hndge and I tin CUparo nurTicient warrant for the nnasion ofa redtaurant, an office building, any publicl place; tho street cornera Moaooa forthwith collectors of war relief funds. Thepuhli4' pives penerously. thoughtlessly.Whether the cobector be a conscientious.. <?? ..t*?d worker or a crook most givershave no idea and no means of findinp out.This. pf course. is not a new condition; itifl men-ly vwtly accentuated by the wara:id the desire of the public to do its bit.trivin-f som<- money wherever and whenevar possible.In a!l pn.bability war relief would peion just as well. and swindlers and crooksbc baOtfld to ? larf" extent. if the public*****-rally minpled a little caution with.-enerosity. FflW of the larpe and trustworthy relief ageneies countenance promiactaotu collection of coins in tin cups as?i means of raising funds for their work.Of COUraa, not all apeneies which collectmoney in that way are unworthy. Neitherare tho promoters of all fa.rs and bazaarsamateurs or crooks. But there is so larpe;.. prop.rtii.ii of sharpers around, so manysmall fl-fOVDfl oT relief workers are uneconomic in the sense of producinp littlerelief for tkfl investment, that it bchoove.sihe penon who wants his dollar to do asmuch good as it can be made to do to barnifkty caroful where it poes. There isneed in th" vaai Bflld for ertry dollarevery Ameriean pocket can yield. Whenriron it must work its har.iest in order tomeet that need. There is the preater reaK>n, therefore. for each individual's usinpsome care to make eertain that his giftsare not going where they will be fltolflfl or.. An.l there i- thfl ff-reatflflt needfor action by tkfl authoritiea, ao far asIhey have power. tfl apprehend the crooksand en-. : b.'ir.s Ogainflt the well meaninpbut miachievoua incompetontfl who aolicitmoneMrs. 1 lumiston's ChargesA Libel "ii M?B Who Are an Honorto Their CountryI Bdttor af The Tribune.Sir: V<.ur leader on tho charjres brought, | Mr.. Homifltoa agaiast tha aoldiflra ot theUaited States is aa aoand aad abl? fl* all yourhavfl bflra durmjr thia eraaoalfl inwhieh tr.e eiviliifld raeoa are so aaayly eoncerned.I ii:.. . i . . ? -he great camps.!.. ipeak on behalf of tha Liberty loaaa..i- an arar matter-, tlthi troop*, aad i have? . away from them tha highast opinionleadid morale and forthrightaflfl* oraad BMBa Th.- ehflorfol, k??a apiritraallj displayod is on- of tl.e m...-'. ii.rpirtng thin-** that I, w?ll aeeaatoawd to, hav* otot aflflo. 'ine arraagaaMBta? ismrp flflaoflflflaeal ot tl.e ment?r ? loag day'l UUth nre beyond;.H pr, thfl work of the Y. Sl. C. A.nora admirahlc than flTflr.beiag dflna tfl kflflp ' ? '? . ? boys fit, both moatally aadphysically, aad th* boya theaaeehr** an meeting th* endflaroi far 'nor.. thaa half -va;..\-r,. j; ?..? Ul eoa*id*rad charge* are.i libel oa ii grosit aad iaeraaaiag body of menv ho aro an honor to their eOOBtry.COSMO HAMILTON'.Kew York. N'ov. 19, 1917.A True StoryI Kditor of The Tribune.Concern ing the mooted question, "To- net t>> knit," may I tell you a story'.'lOBg agfl ihree soldiers, -tricken withi whila m eaaap, were harrlod to aao adjaeoat town. This hospital,., tnany oth*i . raa flqaipped aaainlyCaaadian aorac* aploadidly atroagtad ? bit fermidablfl as ruIIM.Doriag convalflflcaacfl fhe Boldifln flfarfl... ., tha other pati?ata aad uor*ttad with knitted garments.? , fldflfl called upon? . n ? nall >ad ; 'd wiflh trembled upoa bU lip?, bothe dared BOt utter it in the prOBCBCfl ot theCanad Piflally he had the goodiBtfll ? mail nnd kindlyli.r ha approachfld aad tflta put the qoeationKiag him:m aieh does a fellow harfl to>-r?''e sequel to thlfl tTOfllf. V. VY.Ne* York. \..v. 10, 1917.Sedition in the Schoolstor ol I a Tribfl! moat bcartil) tgr** with tha Iflttori Horaaday on (hc *chools, which| Tribu ic of to-day.Thc Board Of Kducation ha* been lonp *affcriBg and low to Bflgcr, but now that it hasra the support ofevery righl thiflkiag man and woman in thisaay tault ia to be found with theboard il il that ita action has been too longllelaa- ?There ara hundred* flf men iii the piiaoojoi thia eooatry who** moral traBagroasloafler* nol aa great aa thoao of toachorfl whfl. the minds flf youth. and that is evideatly what ? aoaabor af tba t*?achflri havebefla doiagI agre* that this is a great opportunity fortcflchfln tfl "how their hands. It iflr power not aaly to a**ist the Board. i.-ation, but lihflwla* to do a preat?I ice. I'' K.\.,v Vork, N'ov. 90, 1917.Why, Indeed.IH ? li.e Tribune.Sir* ' flfl you inform me *rby ii ;- iaspoasi'bl* tfl purehaa* ry* ia*al or rye flour, and1>.-.-:i equally iaapoflfliblfl to pro. I*. i,.atiaeall W? bava bfloa told toh thflflfl cereals. The la*t rye n.eal Iboaghl waa 10 COBta ? pound, and the onlyloOflfl oataiflfll procurable. I am told, is importei - eoata a pound. After aakiagfor thfl latter repeatedly I am to-day, for theRral tiaae, abl? ta perehaa* looaa oatme-tl,bat the rj a ii Baattaiaablfl.K. B. I'KTKRX.Broohlya, Hot. lf, 1917.Food Fairy TalesEditor flf The Tribune.Sir: In Saturday'* issue there il a letterheadfld, MWhfl?"fl I>oes lt Go?" 'speaking ofsjgari and I would like to add, "Who getit?" Here in the upper p*rt of BrooklynI haf* not been able to get any for aAad Bgfljll Million* (,f them takenfrooi cold atoragfl, yot we pay fu centsfer l"*t and ?>."> rmtt for BOCOadfl. PersonI am tire.l of such fairy tale*.Broohlya, Nov. ih, i<.it. .iank POBD.Kaffir and Boche(J ,.,..? rk* l.rnut.tii Out.Thott i", a proverb to the effect tnat noarhitfl man ran ever understand a Kaffir's?pirit; neveithelflflfl, given kindne** an.i paind*r*taadiag and freed from tiermaniiilr, the aattvflfl of thr Ut? (Ierman prolectorata* are .-.-.pai.le of doeoloplijflj into ahappj ?n.i roapoaahr* peoplp, a *ourre ofllroagth and not danger to thr-ir white n?ighl...r~ OBC* fair dcalinj- haa BOOOfld them tod ?'?ar.I the mistrust man by I'rusiian"frightfulaflflfl" and di*ingenuousncaa.Duty of Organized Labor in War TimeA Contrast Between ihe VieiOi of Two Leaders, OneEnglish and One AmericanBy Walter DrcwCoun-c/ of ihe Xational Erecton' AssociationTh- Hor. James H. Thomas, general s?cre-(tary of the NaUeaal I'nion of Balhraymeno* Great BriUai**. and Ireland. a member ot* |Pir!;amer? and a member of the Britiah jLaboi fommiflsion which recently visited ;thi* flOOatry, addressed the committee of lfl-|bor ei the Council of National Defence 0.1May 13 laat He described the part thalBri'ish organized labor was taking in thewar.Mr. James O'Connell. president of 1metal trades department of the AmericanFederation cf Labor. a member of the IB-Idustrial Relations Commission and a mem?ber of committees organized under the ( OUB*cil of National Defence, addressed the rfl*cent convention of the boilermakers' unionat Kr.nsas City. He advised Bfl to whatshould be_the attitude of organized labor iBthi.* cour.trv in the WBT.I'.xtracta from the addresses of tho."national labor leaders arr, here submitted/or comparison.Thr follow.ng is taken from the remarkaof Mr. Thomas. as published in "The Ameri-'can Federationif."."Thfl labor movement of Great Rntamia .lovnit -ly ?nti-war. ? ? ? ' looke(1 uPonarai ? htll let loose . . . bat . . . waflrera faced . . . wrth flOflMthiag thatwa eTflfl '.vorso than war, nnd it vas naticnfll di*hr>nor.? The labor movement, a-, a who!-. hflvingdfleidfld tfl ?Und hy thfl govcrnmc"v,err immediately brought up Bgaiatt thapropOffitioB of whether our support meant.a?r?ly |fp Mtrviefl or really a genuine lacti*?>-. Tho mero makir.g of speeches is adetail; thfl nierc support of a governmentby a public deelaretioa is valaelaaa to thatcro-ernntent unless it carries with it somopraetical sacrtfice. ... The Britiflh trado?jn-nn movement. having first rieeided to sup?port the war, immediately applied itself tothr v.avs and moans hy whicn it rovld br--td? lt, and tha nrrel thing we did was todeclaro there should tsiflt during the periodof the war an inductrifll truce. Thalsay.' that, with the war raging Bl il flrfl .-..ri hc madr.es- and t'olly to have sideU with that war ragiag an indttfltrifll??Ar in ou*- own country, and wo entered intoan ngreenunt with thfl employers whflrcb)th.v. nn the one baad, agreed taal I? not interfcre with or rerluce the COB< BTflVfllflBt at the time, ia rfltorB for?vt ;ch we, on the other hand, agreed thatJr iheuid r.ot attempt to flflt up any newIId conditions. and tha' truce was praetieally agreed' tn hy the flrhfllfl fllnized irerkera of Great Britaia. . . ?l_ihor's Agreement and Conditions? N ' only w_- our diAeolty ln lupplyiagioai to our Oflrn people, but supply\\\g them to the other Allies flfl WfllL Thfljjovernment said if flvery flhillfld BMfl waa"ii'.-ed on to thifl Job there would still bea flhortage. The resnlt irafl that they eallfldorganized labor into thflir conferenee andair!: 'We want you to agree to ur.men and women being taught and traine,!for thi- work.' Our trades uninrs ogieed,but they made this condition, that . . .all these privilege-. flll these rules, thatITflr* relflXfld, wero to ho rflfltored immedi?ately thfl war was over, with t'ne rflflullthflt ;ir:ai:i there wa.i brought lato the manfacture of munitions hundreds of thousandsflf tr.-n and women, previoaflly BBflUllfld, who?ver" trained in ""B-ioua v.avs ar.rl gave Bfl*?.istare? in the mnnu'.actjre of what flraflhitherto akilled industry. . . ."T.r tha flmployen i fl-oald aay, rememberthat th<' protflctioa of thia greel itate haaenabled y<>u tfl ama-s vo'r wealth by thflftsilfltaaefl of labor. Vou hav? ? daty torerognize that in thfl world wartereata moat be obliterated. To thr- worker Iflrould -ay, in spite of all your strugglcs andThe Italian ReverseIt Will Unify thr Nation and IncreaseMilitary EfficiencyI'o th ' Editor of The Tribune.Sir: Nov.' that the hysttria OVflr I, has about lobsidfld, Iflt us ta'-.- I ?riflfl* of thfl ' ead '*' poaai*bilitie-'. No one deniflfl thfl vulue of Italy a>a factor in the war, not even thfl GflrmaoaWe flll kr.ow what efforts she took. what indBCflmentfl she offered Italy ia return for bfllkbflolntfl neutrality. I.'ltalia IrrfldflBtB, longcoveted, was to be the prize for her flligamflOtwith the deseendaata of Attila and GenaericHut those who shaped the destinies ofkr.ew the ultimate choice which their la:. imust make.Thfl flatraaefl of th? Germans inte Franceeaaflfld calamity, but not so much as whenthey began to approach Paris with an alir.os;certain prosper | ... taking it. When thflI-'reiu-h realiSfld that once again their bfllffl dParis was to fali iatfl thfl hands of thfl llur.>they came to their true genses as to whatthey had to contend with. And Catholic,I'rotestant, "ew and flthfliflt, as well as Bo] fllist ?nd Beaablieaa, }eined hands with one-idemn beat, that Of repellir.;: the invader.The result WBfl the Marne!Italy had not been entirely a unit ?s tflthi* war. L?t us not labor under any dflltt*sion on that score. The Socialists viewed thmatter in the usual light. the Clfliiealfl Wflffl?OBMWbat flfl the fflBCfl ifl aOBM matters, andthose Italians v.ho had pronted by the Ger?man exploitation of Italian indu-tries werenone too keen to bave Italy get into the fray.All flf these divided fllflBMBtfl had to disappear or Italy ?as to be at the mercy of theGarmaBl sooner or later. The German prop?gaada ia Italy woald have only one resullfor Ituly defeat and humiliation. Was ilto be?Let not Americans of Italian c-xtractionnor the Italians in the I'nited States who ar,til! subject* of Italv f"cl that the Uaitfldstates or its allies are blind to Italy's urgenr.Bflfldfl, They have been ?o, perhaps, but thflpublic is not always informed of the reasonsfor many apoarent neglects and will not beuntil diplomacy is an open book. As chair*men of the Italian committee on the Liber'yLoan in this district, I am in a position tokr.ow to what extent the Italians have retpaaeed to the appeal of this country' forsupport of its financial programme. And ther<*sponn? from Italians has come not frOB*eitiieni alone, but from aliens, who knew thatin aiding the I'nited States they were aidini;their beloved Italy and ber allies in theirlight for hunianity and democracy.Lflt us not despair. The Italians are unitedin Italy, and the Italians of the I'nited Stateswill be all the more united in the sacred bondof sympathy for 'he land whieh B-ve themoirth. They will support their adopted land?cith ren.wed vigor. Let us remember that,rs in the daya of its yonth, "I.'ltalia fara da[?," Italy knows Its part, and let ns have nndoubta on the seora that it will give a jroodaccount of itaelf. LUIOI CBI8CU0L0.1 New York, Nov. 10, 1917.d'i"icultie>. lemerr.bcr that there 11 sonieth-.r.irliigher than mere material gain."Th i 'ollowsng extracts are taken fromMr. OToBBoU'a address before the boilermnkors' convention. as reported in "The Boilanaahflra' Journa!" for October. ItlTl??ln our country we took advantagre of the-iiuution flfl we found it abroad. and beforeraa ,;ee!nre.l by the United State* weaaw to it that organized labor was going tciret proper recognition and that conditions ofemp!oym?nt and standards of living wouldBOt be interfered with. would not be lowered. . ? . Ncthir.g ca 1 take place, noth?ing can be done. unleL-.- we are conajltcdand practically give our con.*.-r.t to '*?????'And so you are meeting now. my friends,ard you will be expected before thu* con?vention adiourns to make a declaration a*to what the DOflitiflfl of the Krothcrhoo.: ofBoilermaker*. Iron Ship Buildfll* and H*lper* of America I . M that the world nayIt ia BOt a mere question of beingbehind Prealdoat WilflOB. That i* a sort ofeatehy axpreeaioB, n catch phrase; sound*!"??? qoflfltiOB j*. Are you behind youraelf! If y<".i are. you will *av so before4qm leav* here. . . .Striking for llollars??', . i bfl** the shipbuilding. and we aranol talkiag about getting a penny an hourlacreaa; bow. . . ? Now. u* ar- atrikiogfor dollara. Wc have forgot ther-- is BOeh? a thing on the market as a penny any more.. . Out on the 1'p.ri.;* CflOflt ? ? ?? Seattle. Portland, San Fra eiaco, all aakiagfo, dollara, two dollar. a day iaeroa i throfl. n day ncrea.e. lt doesn't friphtenanybody any more. . W* nre ju*teomiag t.>r.-rh'.r and going to get dollarsnow instead of pennies."Now. I waat you to get it. mi vour hoada. . to talk flboat dollars, not pennies,j in your organization. . . . The opportunity' is "presented for thfl first time in the his' tory flf thfl Uaitfld State* government, praca union contract iigB?d bfltWOOB thfl1 government ard th- ofieei - af th? deparlm-Bl ?nd flfllliated orgaaitatiooa, practicallyrequiriug thal th* bipbaildflra of Americato Waahlagtoa aad pui 'heir fflflt aodflr? bb; v.ith the labor leadflM tfl B*ttl*?rouhle.--. . . , L'bcI* Bam la payiag- union eoataiiUofl* to eoaaato Waahlagtoa ai employera. Isn't? i-.> , ?r,.- aion r.tjrcemen.? That.? is only the begianiug * .?v? v, 1 hop* t . boilermaker* tn conven, tion h?r* ?? ;1 get in their inir.ds that boautlful thought of 'more.' Plaoa your offlcer*in -i position '.' jo OUt and demand. BBdback them up. Giv* th*na your unitedhp..'. nudivided aupport Aod la thia crisis,in: tead of our orgaalxfltiofl bfliag v iped out,n-tead of our power being lessen.-d. amwitl come out nfter the war ia over bifger| graader aad better oodflritOOd thflfl W? tttt ? ? r* oefore."T. Mr. Thomai b?ir.g behind thfl govern? neaaa genuiB* laerirlee, ard to-dayunion men are working side by side withmi'lion* of BOB*UflioB IBflB Bfld WOflBOB Ifl Englar.d. who *???< re formerly barred from indus?try by union rule*. To Mr. O'CobboII be Ibehind tne Preaident la a mera "eaten p: raeo"with "f? r.ice sound." His sole taeaaage tehia followera ia that bow ia th* tiaafl f?r.hen fo take their "pound of Iflflh" fromtheir Btruggtiag eouatry.How lOBg flrill our go-ernment call lUflfat.. ir-> eouBCila or permit our indus'to i.e harried und hampored by them?i'ical tinifll How '"";:nem.it thflBl to eloak their sinister adthe f.ction of patriotic cooperation"?rank aad filfl of oar workers, union' or not, re a> patriotic here as anthe unioaUta of England, A- b*tw?*o fol?lowiag fala* leadera aad remalaiag loyal tethfl gov..rnmer.t, they would choo--e the lat*???- if thfl ehoiefl were oifflrfld. If the flJOVernment wants th* roal eobporatioa of "la*? could do BO better than to luflk i:.. from th* workers thflBSflfllToo Great LeniencyOver-Gentleneflfl With Spies andAliens Breeds Mob JusticeTo thfl Kditor of The Tribune.Sir: The matter of fones for alienenemies has been tried and found to be aft.ree. Yet it il to be tried again.How lonii before thfl Adminiatrfltion rea!that an individual too daageroua to befermitted within :i certain arflfl il too dan???' .,. '..r^'e '.'Every alien enemy as soon as idootified. i li. ;:itt-rr.a-,1 to v.-ork for the eoUBtryduring thfl war. hia property eoofiaeated ar.d: uer the 4v-,r he should be returned to hiscountry of origin.Wfl have recently read ? diflpatch fromWaahington aayiag "thfl War and Na- ? de*|iartm*at* deair* to avoid th* dra tie peaalled .i army and navy regulfltion*am* OaTeaoefl during a state of arar.. ? alt] el death ia preflcribed for iome.he policy or the Adminifltrationlllriy as pos*ible toward such dra--t,caction."Wfl have alflfl read a speech recently delivered, whieh stated, "I have been verymuch disturbed, my fellow citi/.ens, by someol the things that have happOBfld rotIhe mob-spirit i* displaying itself here findtl.ere in this country. I respect theancient processe, of ju*tice.""The ancient processes of justice" demandthfl iaataat axflcutioa of apioa dunng a stateof war. We are at arar with a crafty Bndvile enemy, and W* shall be false to ourtrust if wc do not use flTflry weapon et ourcommand to defend over here all our menv. ho have j-one to the front. I.. bNew Vork. Nov. tt, I'.MT.Savings for MenTo the Kditor rf Ihe Iribur.e.Sir: Thinkiru of tiie millions of women44 Iio have undertaken to help in food aaving, Iwould urge this a* a [tood pledge for men:Not to spend any money for alcohol, fortobacco or for new clothes during the arainnd to encourage with cheerful commendation those u'io try to eflOk cornmeal, potatoesand oatmeal in various ways to take theplace of wheat and meat. For sugar we canremember that physiologically, with pleaaart?jood-naturcdnes*. most of our food sweetens as we taste it la our eating. Those whouse tobacco should atop its use. for theypatronue nnd encourage an onormous waste.The tobacco plant is very difficult to startgrowing and it exhausts the fertility of landas hardly any other crop. Its manufacturelate cigjurs is very unhealthy for the work?men. Its uie certainly givea no nourishment,and is decidedly injurious to the nerve cen?tres, especially tlioae controlling heart actionand sight. The labor and money for producing and selling: to tha consumer this year'stobacco crop in the I'nited Statea could havedoubled the potato yield or made good the? hortage of wheat.PBIOEBICE I'RESIO.N.Brooklyn, N'ov. 14, 1017.The Navy in the Early '8(jLMemories of a Landsman Who SptiMany Happy Daya With ItTo the Fditor of The Tribune.S:r: My a-rreeable critics to the contrwnotwithstanding, the Lancaster, when bitkand for many yeara after that, was carriwon the navy ilst as a "steam aloop."May I indulge in a bit of ancient hi!t?M?,When I wag a law clerk in the offlce of S*_g 'tor Lvartfl. mv uncle. then Captain Gh?r__.was in command of the recelving ?.hip r^urado at the New York Navy Vard. and -Ha happy day did I spend on board h?r 'k1879. 1680 and 1881. On the port side of tb?gun deck, between tha last gun ar.d the wu.master's offlce. was an open ?raee, wrtfcLport, where in the evening the nen-or o"*.,*of the ship, and occaflionally of the \r..j *ufrom other ?hip?, would meet and swa>jarns, and I, though a landlubbr r, waa gj.lowed lo join the circle.There were my uncle. the paymaster, twchapl_in i more nautical than a sailor, for kanever turned to the r>ght or !eft in a "'rt#but to starboard or port' ., a "Mri .-.?-- f^m,]mander | that was the de?ignation aino.-j-?g,cor*. of sea captain*, for example siho taiobtained commissions in the navy durirftfcjwar). I remember Harinony. who rccfnUjdied. being there. and many o'.ii?rs. Thera.aretm a let flf beal waai Hrrnohair. nr\r r-eat.s; a brass bound buck- ' ?*?.), ^m]\n it; and from a deck bflflUM was MBB^Hlantern w,th a hole in 1 , r r (t.),.tion snioking lantern from which. with papwlighters, cigar? i pes wen ? -'? ^a congema! cld ?..',' > v Id lii aad?wap yaraa about the va.- and th< ^ea, '??**mcntioniiig anvthng horr ' evwith or weaadThere I Uarncd a gr- ..' ? 'nrJtjna1. \. anrl \ ears afterwarr) I read in t^e ha*\rrf an old -ai", Grover ' arl ulatcrony, n great many I fcgfsupposed were r I'utdgnaat H \t ."??' "v well to l.av. them pi^,?? r- r-d ;r - Evans did. A lta;if_* ? !>? ? ?( .. ^the hur-e j,;'- >l***fl_|and *om? -hc OH :t* upper run; 'hi ~j4.gengways leadi*:^ to ' 'aeHwere cap?tan hars. ramrnei , ,r. UJI kno'v not what rise in the way of *uWMphflrnalia whieh have bclonge.- ai cl".fashioned warahip, "Adam was flfloakum boy in (*1 itham Vard," a ottsailors put 'On Hoard the 1 oloradoAs I flrritfl my library I can .<raafithe cuiious orlor that dnfted througt tbaports from Havemcyer's flUfflr worka; i e_|h.-ar ? flhip creak and ferl her n atg.as th-- ' a passing steair -r i'mr-li^her; I can hear the drum ami i ;?? plfl^Hjthfl well known a'rs j .-in'l.... ..-, the grj'i '?? ? ? thaorderly rome to attention ami r> , rtl Niflflo'clock. lights and tires ou'. flll ll '.rnflflrcqucst-' an hagmT,?Granted." the captain w< bi ri tminterrup'ei! storj would go ? <at flflthe sailor who went into li.'- ?-???., nt*itor ofT ChartefltOB and took with blaMfiHorder.", a lantern BO as to rea-l a ?rt'iletter; how the Confedoi; r thflport hole through which thfl *h* ?-??<how thfl she went into the ! r.d ??rib*ing tht nuier wall. tiag .. >uadthe turret at a fr;r.o <"i"f?snent, it rolled har dflebwhile the saiior. *cared to IropftioS the gun s'.ide through tl . 'o thfldeck below with thfl lantern aad thi l?ttw.Or how ^ ?hip r**turned >.niia|-quadron ar.d. after >? ' ? -tth*officer, aignalii i "nf - -'rffJ *?ligaal to my oaeU for ? gam? oi aTMHof whieh he was an i '.ver- '.nd Bgood one. Or more i "' thang of the Mississippi for: i or thi hattleof Mobile, in both of which actionj my uflfllatook part.B?t the party is breaking i:p. I ;o i;p -fldeck to look up my friend I of thejunior officer-. W e ' '" ?**?mind was flirflady working on i rr-rinav trifle aalily, he nat ?'' ****?a erack in tar- plai I nt-rj ?eabaliatte-looking C. S. P. *-ob*r aUponetaal) ir. tha log. Aad I. r *? * r*"T<go aft when my unc!- gi" ? ? ?""*?"Better turn in. my bo;.. i ? - ' Htf!Columbia at tlu ofl -' '?"being late." And I turr ?' r*t''fortable cahin, ?? .. "?i?along the ceiling, hear 'r*four bella, and the ' ? ])l4*bflgin to call: "Number '?"?B-Number two A ' " ' ***but 1 am aali . ' ; thflbugle ealla al! too early ii l ' ''*r- *A'llKflW York. NlA Shivcrins SoldiciTo thfl Editi i i' Thn Tribaae.S.r: lt is aomewhat disc ' '" tMwornea wh? ' 'SLBidflimblfl morn : '-*?***knitted garments "'or the .. ""?/,_!r-..d ihe r..-v. i prinl ' T**une. quotfld from Se? ' '" i,uranrl Secretarj " ' ?**_ 5f*things are superf.uou ' :t- _Tthat it ia probably a i '"'" *** 'T,women who Bit on "' ,rh",flWftj their time v. ith ?uch harmleflfl ??nawn-"H'" u i-aWord com-'* from ' ? ' ; therr ? .??*?irho are not fomin.it - in having a mother afawfletheart or woman ___their comfort, of how a iveater. a mu"#or a pair of wristletfl would b? a vx'-st?*their alread" s.ivering bo.i jbeen received bv me from ' '* hcT\"over there." He Bay : 'Tl . ?f *Wcold here; the tl.inga which you ^o -J>'Mrknitted for me have not arr \, ''? ?n<1 *am shivering around like a U,f**"?B, doal Ifl" thal article : "*?coiitinuic.g tfl ii" your good w rk; :?.***the boya themeelvofl and vi ? - *,fK'''*?*"tive they will be of your e'T. rl '"' r **half. .Beeretary of War Haker and Sithe Navy i)a:ne!s have not got to fac? tt**ing ia the trenches, nor be on nickt*. *??m the biting cold at 4 a. rn. If ''* ?!"Ceagreea would have appro; -clent funds to provide woollen ..-"??^?<?* ?*they been considered nece? ary." taPgboya, be all the more grateful to the thjBflfldfl flf sympathetic women v.' < ' ? ' *??know your reerls. and ?re hardly er.t.' ' mI the BBflppreciation as shown by the h*?4 |the War Pepartmint. '?? ?*New York, Nov. lo. 191T.- t?Trying It on th<* Soldiers jI To the Editor of The Tribune.Sir: Jedgitflg bv the music rrograrfl-P'; from the various camps, our beyfl hn\e t>-|-^? -aartyrdom long ere they rflflch rjraaf-|BflCh amateur vocaltst seems ?udden.y^Bveloped ui patriotism since audience* ia V**M\or\i. Citv are not so easily ass.-mbled f'Tinally now with a war tax on "compH?*fltaries." A debut must be oblatned, ?fU"v.,*,|the poor aoldiers.New York. Nov. lt, 191T.What's the Anawcr?To the Kditor of The Tribune. .Sir: So it srems that Austrians tf*^|"enemy alien.?." They can go any*here,in munition factone*.. docks or ?hip'"protected by law. And v.e cannot aomfl'jjoodfl or money. And the same ?ith,r Bulganans. What's the answerTJOSEPH V. U0*a*****MNew York, .Not. 19. Ifll. *